Monthly Archives: May 2017

Links 5/8/17

Posted on May 8, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Denying Climate Denial Novel phage therapy saves patient with multidrug-resistant bacterial infection The New York Times should not have hired climate change bullshitter Bret Stephens How I Learned To Love Climate Modeling ‘We didn’t expect this’: … Continue reading →

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If A Democrat Had Done This…

Posted on May 8, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Unbelievable (boldface mine): The outgoing White House also became concerned about the Trump team’s handling of classified information. After learning that highly sensitive documents from a secure room at the transition’s Washington headquarters were being copied and removed from the … Continue reading →

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An Actual 1950s Style Witch Hunt In Brooklyn

Posted on May 8, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Some on the left have referred to the attempt to determine if Russia affected the election–or has its hooks into the Trump clan–as a ‘Red scare’ or even McCarthyism. Well, an ongoing investigation of a Brooklyn, NY high school principal … Continue reading →

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Links 5/7/17

Posted on May 7, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Inflection points for @nanopore sequencing How a Frog Became the First Mainstream Pregnancy Test Anti-vaccine activists spark a state’s worst measles outbreak in decades Afterword. Chiropractic and The New York Times. Is the newspaper TRYING to … Continue reading →

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Being Realistic About Obama’s Legacy

Posted on May 7, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

One thing about Obama’s presidency that needs to be looked at with a clear eye is that he really didn’t utilize the powers of his office to the fullest. One example of this was his last-minute signing of many executive … Continue reading →

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Links 5/6/17

Posted on May 6, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: The long life of a quick ‘fix’: Internet protocol from 1989 leaves data vulnerable to hijackers A flaw in the design NIH to limit the amount of grant money a scientist can receive All the fake … Continue reading →

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In Case You Missed It…

Posted on May 6, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

…a week of Mad Biologist posts: Democrats, Deficits, And Dumbitude The Ethics Of A New York Times Subscription Isn’t This Speech? Il Trumpe’s War On Libraries Congress Tells Trump To Go To Hell About The NIH’s Fogarty Center Going Soviet … Continue reading →

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Links 5/5/17

Posted on May 5, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: To celebrate World Tuna Day, eat anything else Managing invasive lionfish in the Caribbean NSF funding: myth, hyperbole and luck The earth is flat (p>0.05): Significance thresholds and the crisis of unreplicable research How Domestication Altered … Continue reading →

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Alley Directions

Posted on May 5, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on 9th Street NW, between O and P, Shaw, D.C.:

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A Few Thoughts About The Republican Deathcare Plan

Posted on May 5, 2017 by mikethemadbiologist

I would write something more coherent, but I’m wondering how much my insurance will eventually increase because, despite being in overall good health, I once had kidney stones (pre-existing condition!). Anyway, if you want to read people bringing the heat, … Continue reading →

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